Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Rise of a Forsaken Luna: Kabanata 191 - Kabanata 200

SERAPHINA~~Death had shown itself to me in so many different ways. I have seen it happen in the Lycan hospital more than a few times. I have witnessed it as a healer, and I have seen near-death experiences that were just too—too near to death. Perhaps that was why I had held on to hope for the past few days, convincing myself that Rexton’s death wasn’t permanent. “He would wake up soon.” I have told myself countless times in the past four days. “Nicola can heal him. He just needs time.” That was funny because I knew that the heart of even the strongest being in the realm couldn’t survive after being still for over four days. There was no way… and time wasn’t on Rexton’s side anymore. Yes, I knew that. Yet, I disregarded the fact, longing for the second someone would come into the Beta Mansion to tell me that Rexton was back. That he was alive. That he was–“Mama…” My daughter’s voice yanked me out of my thoughts, causing my eyes to leave the plain white wall I had been star

SERAPHINA~~Just as fast as I was thrown into that memory, I was snatched out of it. My chest rose and fell like I had been in a race, even though I had been sitting in the same spot. My vision blurred with tears; I couldn’t decide if I should let them out or hold on to them just to be strong for my daughter, whose eyes were on me. The decision was taken out of my hands, though.After all, there was only a little I could do to hold back hot tears. They came rushing down like water from a broken faucet, and I let them, sobbing so hard I couldn’t keep my eyes open. “Don’t cry, Mama. Please.” My daughter didn’t know what to do in that situation, but Goddess did she stay with me, whispering words to me, and hugged me with her small arms. “You shouldn’t be sad anymore. I showed you because I didn’t want you to be sad.” Celeste whimpered when she realized that I couldn’t stop the tears. “I shouldn’t have shown you—" “No, baby. This isn’t your fault.” I tried to speak without my vo

SERAPHINA~~Kieran and I didn’t get to talk even after the ritual was done. Even after I approached him, dying to eradicate the tension I had noticed when I looked at him in the mansion earlier. I still didn’t know that his tense aura wasn’t really about the funeral and the fact that he blamed himself for what happened to Rexton. But it was mostly because he had made a big decision that would break us both when I found out. I didn’t get to tell him that I was sorry for being distant and detached these past few days, because before I could, Ethan and Remi interrupted us. “Sera, can you look after him while I’m gone?” Ethan snatched my attention first, his voice forcing me to take my eyes off Kieran.I was about to blurt, "Who?" but when my eyes fell to the smaller hand in Remi’s, the question died in my throat. It was Arlo.The little boy looked like his entire world had been turned upside down within the blink of an eye. Sadly, that was true. The mother he knew wasn’t truly h

KIERAN~~“Now.” Ina added that word before I could utter the excuse that sat at the tip of my tongue. Damn! I should have found a way to get out before we were left alone in this building with two children who I desperately prayed would show up and help me escape what was sure to come. “You can’t avoid her forever, anyway. " Alan scoffed, still very mad that I wouldn’t change my mind even after three days of trying to convince me that I was making a grave mistake. If I were being honest, I knew what I was about to do was a mistake I would regret forever, but better that than staying only to see Ina grow to hate me.“Kieran,” Ina called out, her soft voice snapping me out of my thoughts. But it was no relief. Not when I had to face a reality that I knew was so much more dreadful than my thoughts. “Are you listening to me?” She asked me, stepping closer to me. However, I took double the steps she took backward, causing her eyes to widen even before I could come up with an excu

KIERAN~~Ina’s words hit me so hard that every muscle in my body felt like jelly by the time she was done clarifying the actions I had interpreted wrongly. I could feel my Lycan performing a happy dance as every wall I had spent days building fell apart, dissolving into dust. I could feel myself coming back to life even though I had never been dead… at least not literally. My chest, which had been tight and aching for what felt like an eternity, expanded with a sudden, desperate gulp of air. It felt as if I were a sinking man who had finally broken through the surface of a frozen lake, my lungs burning but alive.“I told you so, you absolute idiot,” Alan cheered, his voice bouncing off the walls of my mind with an uncontained, smug satisfaction. “I told you she didn’t love him that way. I told you she needed us.”For the first time in days, I didn’t fire back a snarky retort. I couldn't. I was too busy staring at the woman sitting across from me, the sheer weight of her love pre